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Building Business Acumen

Present your OD strategies and results in a way your clients can understand--the language of business! The OD Network course Building Business Acumen, led by some of the field's leading luminaries, helps you translate your OD interventions into the language of the bottom line. Presented entirely online through webcast archives, Building Business Acumen is appropriate for both internal and external OD practitioners.

Access the complete webcast archive--9 courses in 12 sessions--for one low price of only $595! Register now with ULiveandLearn.

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Benefits

Building Business Acumen enables you to:

  • Understand and create the connection between OD and the strategy and mission of the business
  • Translate OD interventions into the dynamics and language of business
  • Build an ROI model for OD work
  • Manage business politics and power

View Matt Minahan's free introductory workshop, Do You Speak Business, to see how you can benefit from Building Business Acumen--or register now for the complete program! Check system requirements in ULiveandLearn's Webcast Center.

Courses & faculty

Course

Faculty

Do You Speak Business?
free introductory workshop
Matt Minahan, Ed.D., Matt Minahan & Associates

Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning, and Execution
Two-session class

Stephen Haines, Founder & CEO, Haines Centre for Strategic Management

Connecting OD to Business

Kristen Donovan, Principal, EvalCorp Research & Consulting
Jeremy Lurey, Principal, Plus Delta Consulting

Understanding ROI: Measuring the Financial Effectiveness of Your OD & Learning Interventions 
Two-session class

Julia Geisman, Founder, Millennium Learning

Power and Politics in Organizations

Bev Scott, Principal, Bev Scott Consulting, author of Consulting on the Inside

Leading Meetings That Matter

Marv Weisbord & Sandra Janoff, Future Search Network

Building Sponsorship to Ensure Project Success
Two-session class

Dave Nielson, Principal, IMA Worldwide Consulting

Pricing Professional Services for Profitability and Growth
Angela Watts, President, & Anthony Moore, Vice-President, Annapolis Professional Resources

Making Dollars and Sense of Financial Statements

Diane Dean, Principal, Dean Consulting Group

Coaching Models as Powerful OD Tools

Shirzad Chamine, CEO, The Coaches Training Institute

 

Sign up now for the complete on-demand archive of all these outstanding courses!

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